Microsoft (Azure Fundamentals) Flashcards

Which Azure service provides serverless event-driven code execution where you pay only for the time your code runs?

Answer: Azure Functions

Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that runs code in response to events and bills only for execution time.

What is the primary benefit of an Azure Availability Zone?

Answer: Protection from datacenter-level failures within a region

Availability Zones are physically separate datacenters within a region that protect applications from datacenter failures.

Which pricing tool helps you estimate the cost of Azure services before deploying them?

Answer: Azure Pricing Calculator

The Azure Pricing Calculator lets you estimate costs of configured services prior to deployment.

What does the Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA) primarily define?

Answer: Guaranteed uptime and connectivity targets

An SLA is a formal agreement specifying performance and uptime guarantees for a service.

Which Azure governance tool enforces organizational standards and assesses compliance at scale?

Answer: Azure Policy

Azure Policy creates and enforces rules to ensure resources comply with corporate standards.

What type of cloud model combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud resources?

Answer: Hybrid cloud

A hybrid cloud connects on-premises (private) infrastructure with public cloud services.

Which Azure service offers a globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database with low-latency reads and writes?

Answer: Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database designed for low-latency, high-availability access.

Which Azure identity service provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication for cloud applications?

Answer: Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory)

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) handles identity, SSO, and multi-factor authentication.

What is the main purpose of an Azure Resource Group?

Answer: A logical container to manage related resources together

A resource group is a logical container that holds related Azure resources for unified management.

Which Azure service securely stores secrets, keys, and certificates?

Answer: Azure Key Vault

Azure Key Vault is a secure store for secrets, encryption keys, and certificates.

What does Azure Advisor provide to subscribers?

Answer: Personalized recommendations for cost, security, and performance

Azure Advisor analyzes your resources and gives recommendations across cost, security, reliability, and performance.

Which capability lets you scale resources automatically based on demand?

Answer: Autoscaling

Autoscaling automatically adjusts resource capacity up or down in response to load.

What is the benefit of using Azure Reserved Instances?

Answer: Reduced cost by committing to a one- or three-year term

Reserved Instances offer significant discounts in exchange for a one- or three-year usage commitment.

Which Azure service is best suited for storing large amounts of unstructured data like images and videos?

Answer: Azure Blob Storage

Azure Blob Storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured object data such as media files.

Which cloud service model gives you the most control over the operating system and runtime?

Answer: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

IaaS provides virtualized infrastructure where you manage the OS, runtime, and applications.

What does the Azure free account include during the first 30 days?

Answer: A credit to spend on eligible services

The Azure free account provides a spending credit usable on most services for the first 30 days.

Which Azure networking service connects on-premises networks to Azure over a private, dedicated connection?

Answer: Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute provides a private, dedicated connection between on-premises networks and Azure, bypassing the public internet.

What is the primary function of Azure Monitor?

Answer: Collecting and analyzing telemetry from resources and applications

Azure Monitor gathers metrics and logs to provide observability into resource and application health.

Which concept describes spreading resources across multiple regions to improve resilience?

Answer: Geo-redundancy

Geo-redundancy replicates resources or data across regions to survive regional outages.

What does Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator help you do?

Answer: Compare on-premises costs to running in Azure

The TCO Calculator estimates savings by comparing existing on-premises costs with equivalent Azure costs.